Chapter 140: Monster!

Without needing Fan Li to deliberately express his anxiety, anyone with normal eyesight could tell the huge gap in the results and know who the winner was.

Wu Jialan's expression was not very pleasant, but she did not say much. Greeting her manager and the rest of her entourage, she left directly without even saying goodbye to the director. Her personality was so overly blunt that it was almost enough to make people dislike her.

Compared to Chu Luoxi's performance, hers was purely like that of a primary school student. But she couldn't blame others for her own poor performance; why did her behavior look so much like a fit of pique?

Where there are people taking action, there are naturally those who follow, though none of the others were as rash. Even if the artists were clueless, their managers knew to at least notify the production crew. In the end, Bai Lingxiao personally went over to say goodbye to Fan Li, making it seem like they had a pretty good relationship, and before leaving, she even walked over to greet Chu Luoxi.

To this industry, she was a novice who knew nothing, but that didn't mean she lacked judgment. Her own performance had been self-righteously intense, but compared to Chu Luoxi's explosive delivery, it fell completely short.

Nodding amiably, Chu Luoxi thought this wealthy young lady wasn't bad at all; in fact, she was more suited for this circle than Wu Jialan. It was just that her starting foundation was zero, which made things rather miserable for her.

Anticipating this situation beforehand, Chu Luoxi had prepared a spare set of clothes. She changed out of her dirt-stained outfit, whose original color was no longer distinguishable, before getting into the car to head home.

"Fan Li has explicitly stated that the female lead role is yours. Filming will start in a few days, but that long hair of yours might not survive," LAN Lun said while driving.

"Oh!" Chu Luoxi touched her hip-length hair, feeling a bit of heartache. She really liked her hair, but in this profession, it was hard to keep it long.

When Ding Ju returned to the company, she happened to run into Leng Daji. She did not know that someone had been deliberately waiting for her there. "Did she say anything when you went today?" Leng Lu asked with a cool expression that could frighten small children.

"No!" Ding Ju lowered her head, acting as if she were reporting on work. She had already grown accustomed to this; every time she visited Chu Luoxi's place, Leng Daji would ask for a detailed account.

"She didn't ask anything at all?" Leng Lu asked, puzzled, yet harboring a somewhat ominous premonition.

Every time he had sent Ding Ju in the past, there had at least been a pretext. Although they had prepared an excuse this time, no matter what it was, it sounded far-fetched. Yet, of all times, it was this time that Chu Luoxi didn't ask a single question.

"Yes! I originally thought she would ask, but her expression was completely natural. It seemed as if she wasn't surprised by my appearance at all," Ding Ju said gloomily, feeling that she could never keep up with Chu Luoxi's pace. As an assistant, she was truly incompetent!

"Is that so? Alright, you can head down first. From now on, you can follow her fair and square!" Watching Ding Ju walk away and sensing Xiao Jingxuan approaching, Leng Lu immediately transformed from an iceberg to a volcano, bursting into wild laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Jingxuan asked with a displeased expression and low pressure.

"Haha, I'm laughing at you, you're done for!" Leng Lu was purely gloating. Judging by what Ding Ju said, Chu Luoxi must have figured out Xiao Jingxuan's intentions, yet she hadn't said anything at all, which naturally meant that a certain someone was in for a miserable time.

How could Xiao Jingxuan not think of what Leng Lu could figure out? Therefore, Leng Lu's laughter was like poking a hornet's nest. Xiao Jingxuan was already in a bad mood!

Taking advantage of the fact that the great manager wasn't paying attention, Xiao Jingxuan planted a kick squarely on the smugly twitching backside of the other man, sending him crashing face-first into the floor in a classic "dog eating dung" pose, accompanied by a chorus of wails. Only then did Xiao Jingxuan feel a bit better. Dusting off his hands, he prepared to leave: "She didn't refuse this assistant either, did she?"

Leng Lu's wails stopped as he lay paralyzed on the ground for a moment. Then, watching Xiao Jingxuan's retreating figure, he snapped back to reality and roared, "Hey, hey! You have an appearance scheduled right away, where are you going?"

"Going home!" Xiao Jingxuan's breezy reply floated back, instantly dealing a critical blow to Leng Daji, who let out another tragic groan and lay flat on the floor to play dead.

What on earth did that mean? Was he ditching work again? Since when had he ever noticed the great god being so attached to his apartment?

"Ah, you're holding a solo concert?" Chu Luoxi stared at the great god in front of her, wondering if he had three heads and six arms. "Don't you still have a movie to film? Can you manage both?"

"The concert was decided a long time ago. It'll start as soon as the third album drops, and starting preparations now means it will line up just as the movie finishes filming," Xiao Jingxuan said calmly. His gaze fell upon Chu Luoxi's long, dark hair. When filming *Blood Phoenix*, it would probably have to be cut off. He had wanted to touch it for a long time, and only once, when the young woman had fallen asleep on his sofa, had he had the fortune to gently run his fingers through it.

The moment he thought that Chu Luoxi might have guessed his intentions, Xiao Jingxuan lost his composure. His heartbeat immediately accelerated, and following his impulse, he reached out, picked up a strand of dark hair, and began to twist it between his fingers. Mm, it was soft and somewhat slippery; the texture was indeed wonderful.

Chu Luoxi was stunned for a moment. When she finally snapped back to her senses and saw what Xiao Jingxuan was doing, she felt utterly disordered in the wind, plagued by the mistaken impression that she had willingly jumped into a wolf's den.

Hey, hey! Could the great god please act a little more like a great god? Can a girl's hair just be casually touched and played with like this? Did his actions really have to be so intimate?

"Um, Senior Xiao..." Finding that Xiao Jingxuan was no longer even bothering to hide it, Chu Luoxi felt deeply vexed, wondering where things had gone wrong. If his attitude was going to change, he could at least give a heads-up beforehand!

"Hmm?" Xiao Jingxuan looked at her with bright eyes, his hand continuing its motion unchanged, looking quite expectant of what she was about to say.

Stimulated by those sparkling eyes until her heartbeat thundered like drums, Chu Luoxi felt a bit dazed and intoxicated amidst the blooming roses of the great god's smile, completely forgetting what she had intended to say.

Biting her tongue to keep herself awake, Chu Luoxi completely failed to withstand the full-blast aura of the great god Xiao. She leaned backward and inwardly warned herself: This is a honey trap! A honey trap! She had to stay calm... she absolutely had to stay calm...

Noticing Chu Luoxi's subtle movements, Xiao Jingxuan furrowed his brow slightly, leaned in closer, and smiled even more brilliantly. He wanted to see what Chu Luoxi's instinctive reaction to him truly was.

With no escape left, poor Chu Luoxi felt a massive "boom" echo in her head, after which her thoughts completely slipped out of her control. Even so, a small part of her remained lucid: *I'm going to faint. Did this atmosphere really have to be so ambiguous? Did heart rates really have to exceed the safety limit by this much? Heavens, I'm just an ordinary girl, please don't test me like this!*

"You enchanting demon!" Chu Luoxi unconsciously muttered the thought aloud. Instantly, she saw Xiao Jingxuan's bewitching smile turn into a look of mingled amusement and exasperation. Yet, his gaze remained as bright as stars, his brows as flawless as jade, and his face as ethereal as an immortal.

"Can't you say something nice?" Xiao Jingxuan raised an eyebrow, his slender fingers brushing across the soft skin before him, feeling the warmth radiating through his fingertips.